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ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Filed March 2, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORN May 21, 1929.

A. G. VOETTER ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Filed March 2, 1927 a WWW 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORN v Patented May 21, 1929;

A'BMIN G. VOETTER, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

ARTICLE OF FURNITURE.

Application filed March 2, 1927. Serial No. 171,973.

This invention relates to an improved article of furniture that is adapted for use main ly in the kitchen and is designed to provide not only a chair but also a cabinet to hold 6 various articles. The device is portable and is designed particularly for saving space as is necessary in apartments and the like.

The invention is also designed to provide a construction which permits the stowing or 10 placing ofa folding ladder which can be insorted in the back of the piece offurniture and is held so that it is concealed.

The invention is further designed to provide an article of furniture that is not too cumbersome and somewhat shapely and provides an ornamental appearance in addition to being an article of great utility.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front view of an article embodying my invention. Figure 2 is a section on line 2--2 in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a top view thereof. Figure 4 is a back view and Figure 5 is a side view of the article. Figure 6 is a section on line 66 in Figure 1.

The device is in the general form of a chair and is usually made of wood and I show an article in which the frame is made up of side walls 10 and 11 and is high enough to support the seat 12 and the back 13. A set of drawers is placed inthe back, these being shown at 14 and are preferably grouped, as shown, for reasons to be hereinafter described, these drawers being adapted for holding various articles such as kitchen utensils or food supplies, the drawers being supportedin casings 15 which maintain them in position when closed, also the equivalents of the casings in the form of slides can be used. These draw supports aresecured only to the front wall of the cabinet. Underneath and in the seat portion are the compartments 16 which usually have the lids 17 which open the front, this compartment being for the stowing of larger articles and being limited by the back wall. Open to the back I usually arrange small boxes or compartments 19 which are accessible from the rear.

In connection. with the article I arrange a folding ladder of the small step ladder type, the stilts 20 and 21 of which are pivoted together at 22- and have the treads 23. When the ladder is folded it can be placed inside of the back of the chair, thisbeing possible because the compartments or casings 15 are spaced from the-side walls so as to permit the ladder being slid in from the back and these compartments or sets of drawers are spaced vertically to permit the treads 23 to enter these spaces in the upper part of the chair. In the rear of the back 13 and in the lower part, the compartments 19 are arranged so that there is no interference with the lower treads 23.

It will thus be evident that the arrangement of parts of this article are such as to permit of a compact stowing of various ar ticles and at the same time to provide an article that can be used as a chair and as a cabinet. 7

An article of furniture comprising a cabinet having a frame consisting of side walls and front walls, drawer supports secured to the front wall and spaced from the side walls the full height of the cabinet and spaced from each other at intervals laterally whereby the said spacings provide room for the storage of a conventional ladder and drawers in said drawer supports and within the limits of said drawer supports.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ARMIN Gr. VOETTER. 

